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Unit Title: World War II to the Cold War
Grade Level(s): 9-11
Subject/Topic Area(s): History / Social Studies
Key Words: World War II, the Cold War, United States History, the Great Depression
Designed by: Time Frame: Cory McCullough
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Brief Summary of Unit

This unit aims to show how the United States transitions from one major event in history to another by analyzing the economic, cultural, and political changes that occurred in the United States as it transitioned from the Great Depression to World War II, and from World War II to the Cold War. Students will analyze how the economy climbed out of the Great Depression because of America's entrance into World War II. The unit it will also cover American culture during World War II, as well as how the war affected different kinds of Americans (such as Japanese Americans, women, the working class, ect..). Students will also analyze how the aftermath of World War II set the stage for the Cold War. As students learn this, they will begin to look at how each event of the Cold War was part of a snow ball effect that added more and more tension between Russia and the United States. It is important to understand both World War II and the Cold War in both American history and world history, as well as the lasting impacts of these two events.